Maccabi’s head coach after the 68:78 win: “It was very difficult to play after the CSKA game, it took a lot of energies from us”. Angelo Caloiaro: “It was a win and we needed one so that was big for us”
“I think we played excellent in the second half especially last quarter”, said Coach Spahija. “Our defense was very impressive, it was very difficult to play after the CSKA game, it took a lot of energies from us but at the
end we found the right lineup and energy to win this game”. So what made the difference in the second half: “A couple of threes that we missed in the first half and outstanding defense in the last quarter” coach Spahija added.“A lot of, a lot of hard work and team work, we started out little slow but we came through in the second half”, said DeAndre Kane who had a monster performance of 7P, 8R
and 6A. “We held them to 27 points in the whole second half so I think it was a great team effort defense and we made a lot of good effort plays on the offense side too to get the win”.Angelo Caloiaro who delivered yet another great performance said: “In the second half we came out and played great defense, we held them to 27 points and that’s what turned around for us, it was a win and we needed one so that was big for us”.
